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  2. Miangas - Wikipedia

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    Miangas, which lies to the north of the Nanusa Islands, forms a separate district within the Talaud Islands Regency. [26] [31] The island is mainly lowland, about 1.5 metres above sea level. The highest point, called Gunung Batu, is 111 metres high, located in the northeast part of the island. This area is covered with coconut palm. In the ...

  3. Island of Palmas Case - Wikipedia

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    The Island of Palmas Case (Scott, Hague Court Reports 2d 83 (1932), (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1928), 2 U.N. Rep. Intl. Arb. Awards 829) was a territorial dispute over the Island of Palmas (or Miangas) between the Netherlands and the United States which was heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

  4. Indonesia–Philippines border - Wikipedia

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    Miangas island territorial dispute [ edit ] When Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States of America through the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , the sea borders of the Philippines were drawn in a rectangular line that resulted in ambiguous maritime boundaries of the neighboring territories including the then Dutch-colonized Indonesia. [ 4 ]

  5. Miangas Airport - Wikipedia

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    Miangas Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Miangas) (IATA: IAX, ICAO: WAMS) is located on the island of Miangas, North Sulawesi. It is one of the most remote airport in Indonesia . The airport was built in 2012 with a construction investment of Rp 275 billion [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and opened on 12 March 2017.

  6. Talaud language - Wikipedia

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    Talaud is an Austronesian language spoken on the Talaud Islands north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.There are 2 dialects, namely Lami dialect which is spoken on Miangas, Nanusa Islands, and Esang in the northern part of Karakelang Island; Tirawata dialect is used in Lirung, Kabaruan, and the southern part of Karakelang Island.

  7. Vietnamese exonyms - Wikipedia

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    During the expansion of Vietnam some place names have become Vietnamized. Consequently, as control of different places and regions has shifted among China, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian countries, the Vietnamese names for places can sometimes differ from the names residents of aforementioned places use, although nowadays it has become more ...

  8. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.

  9. List of islands of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E  /  20.98333°N 107.76667°E  / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E  /  20.900°N 107.200°E  / 20.900; 107